31 Thursday Oct 2013
Posted in ALWD, Citations, Legal Writing, The Bluebook
≈ Comments Off on Peter Martin’s Introduction to Basic Legal Citation — An ALWD and Bluebook Cheat Sheet
Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (online ed. 2013), by Peter W. Martin, Cornell Legal Information Institute
https://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/1-100
This guide can be used for both the 4th Edition of the ALWD Citation Manual and the 19th Edition of the Bluebook. -CCE
(See also Citing Legally Blog, http://citeblog.access-to-law.com/.)
31 Thursday Oct 2013
Posted in Citations, Legal Writing, The Bluebook
≈ Comments Off on Announcing the Bluebook’s 20th Edition Survey
It is with a heavy heart that I post this announcement of the Bluebook’s 20th Edition Survey. A publication date has not yet been announced.
If you will go the link for the Bluebook Online, (https://www.legalbluebook.com/), you will find its survey for suggestions. Do not forget the bonus prize!
The editors of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation need your help! This is an opportunity for you to share your ideas with us as we update The Bluebook for its Twentieth Edition so that we can target our revisions to best serve your needs.
Please take a few minutes to fill out our survey at http://www.legalbluebook.com/survey. Surveys must be received by November 8, 2013 in order to be considered for the Twentieth Edition.
Bonus Prize:
As an added incentive for the completion of our survey, we will select 5 participants at random to receive a Kindle Paperwhite e-reader. An additional 20 participants will randomly selected to receive a free copy of the Twentieth Edition as well as a two-year subscription to The BlueBook Online. Winners will be notified by December 1, 2013.
30 Wednesday Oct 2013
Posted in Bad Legal Writing, Legal Writing
≈ Comments Off on Contract Gobbledygook
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A New Case Involving “Notwithstanding,” by Ken Adams, Adams on Contract Drafting (with hat tip to Raymond Ward, the (new) legal writer!)
“Arising Out Of Or Relating To?” No, Thank You, by Ken Adams, Adams on Contract Drafting
29 Tuesday Oct 2013
Posted in Brief Writing, Legal Writing, United States Supreme Court
≈ Comments Off on Persuasive Counterarguments and Killer Briefs
How to acknowledge and refute counterarguments, by Raymond P. Ward, Louisiana Civil Appeals Blog
http://perma.cc/0Np35PDV4mr
27 Sunday Oct 2013
Posted in Legal Writing
≈ Comments Off on Top ten legal writing hints when the audience is a cranky federal trial judge
I have been asked to post something about legal writing. I don’t know a damn thing about legal writing, as this blog constantly proves. But, hey, ask and you shall receive.
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26 Saturday Oct 2013
Posted in Bad Legal Writing, Citations, References, Research
≈ Comments Off on Another reason never to cite to Wikipedia as “fact” (if you still need one).
The Decline of Wikipedia, by Tom Simonite, MIT Technology Review
http://bit.ly/19q9Qj7
24 Thursday Oct 2013
Posted in Case Law, Legal Writing, Research
≈ Comments Off on New Free Resource Site for Access to Court Opinions
24 Thursday Oct 2013
Posted in Brief Writing, Legal Writing
≈ Comments Off on What should good briefs and movie trailers have in common?
What can brief-writers learn from movie trailers?, by Raymond Ward, the (new) legal writer
http://bit.ly/1fVRyLG
23 Wednesday Oct 2013
Posted in Dashboards, Legal Dictionaries, Legal Ethics, Legal Writing, References, Research
≈ Comments Off on Four Fantastic Dashboards for Lawyers, CEOs, Doctors, Journalists
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CEOs, Dashboards, Doctors, Finance, Journalists, Lawyers, Legal Professionals, Medical Professionals, References, Research
If you have not seen or used these, you are overlooking outstanding resource. These Dashboards are one-stop clicking at their best. You will find links to research, practice areas, finance, news, reference material, social media, and more. Rearrange the information to suit you. (Free registration.)
Browse the Manual for LawyerExpress: http://www.lawyerexpress.com/manual/enduser.asp
22 Tuesday Oct 2013
Posted in Brief Writing, Legal Writing
≈ Comments Off on Appellate Practice Primer for the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal Appellate Practice Primer, by Sarah Lee Gossett Parrish, Oklahoma Bar Journal
http://bit.ly/1eHy7TD
22 Tuesday Oct 2013
Posted in Brief Writing, Court Rules, Legal Writing, Motions
≈ Comments Off on Avoid Common Mistakes in Okahoma Civil Appeals
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Appeals, Appellate Law, Certiorari, Court Rules, Designation of Record, Legal Writing, Motions, U.S. Courts of Appeals
Pitfalls in Civil Appellate Practice, by Michael Richie and Barbara Swimley, Oklahoma Bar Journal
http://bit.ly/1h6tq80
22 Tuesday Oct 2013
Posted in Citations, Footnotes, Law Libraries, Legal Technology, Legal Writing, Link Rot
≈ Comments Off on A Plan to Stop Link Rot Forever – Perma CC
A web page that lasts forever: the plan to stop “link rot” in law and science, by Jeff John Roberts, GigaOM
http://gigaom.com/tag/perma-cc/
22 Tuesday Oct 2013
Posted in Law Reviews, Legal Blogs, Legal Writing, Quotations, Research, Trust Accounts
≈ Comments Off on Which Do You Quote – Law Reviews or Legal Blogs?
Have law blogs surpassed law reviews?, by Kevin O’Keefe’s Real Lawyers Have Blogs (quoting Adam Liptak from Supreme Court Reporter for the New Times)
http://kevin.lexblog.com/2013/10/21/law-blogs-surpassed-law-reviews/#!
21 Monday Oct 2013
Posted in Court Rules, Dockets, Legal Writing, Research
≈ Comments Off on State and federal court rules, forms, and dockets — all in one place.
LLRX Court Rules, Forms and Dockets
http://www.llrx.com/courtrules/
Legal research experts and librarians Sabrina I. Pacifici and Margaret Berkland last updated this site in January 2011. It contains over 1,400 links to state and federal court rules, forms, and dockets.
19 Saturday Oct 2013
Posted in Bad Legal Writing, Judges, Legal Writing, Quotations
≈ Comments Off on Persuade Judges by Replacing Large Block Quotations With Concise Legal Analysis
Lazy Quotes, by Trent M. Latta, NWSidebar
http://nwsidebar.wsba.org/2013/04/25/lazy-quotes/
17 Thursday Oct 2013
Posted in Brief Writing, Legal Writing
≈ Comments Off on Good legal writing tells your client’s story
Hook your readers with a damn good story, by David Masters, Inkably – tell better stories blog
http://inkably.com/damn-good-story/
17 Thursday Oct 2013
Posted in Bad Legal Writing, Legal Writing
≈ Comments Off on Grammar Tip – how to use “only”
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The lonely only, by Raymond Ward, the (new) legal writer
http://raymondpward.typepad.com/newlegalwriter/2013/10/the-lonely-only.html
13 Sunday Oct 2013
Posted in Brief Writing, Citations, Court Orders, Legal Writing
≈ Comments Off on Legal Writing
A Manual for Writing Legal Opinions, Legal Skills Prof Blog
http://bit.ly/1cdVyDb
How U.S. Fifth Circuit Read Briefs, by Raymond Ward, Louisiana Civil Appeals Blog
http://bit.ly/16waJGQ
(Also mentioned by Jeff Richardson in his post on iPhone J.D. Blog under Legal Technology.)
How Many Cases Should I Cite?, by Legal Writing Prof, Legal Writing Prof Blog
http://bit.ly/16vykHJ
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